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Re: It's boost, Jim, but not as we know it > Posted by Larry West [Email] (#1140) [Profile/Gallery] (more from Larry West) on Mon, 27 Jul 2009 08:35:55 In Reply to: It's boost, Jim, but not as we know it >, Bill Davies, Sat, 25 Jul 2009 07:29:03 Members do not see ads below this line. - Help Keep This Site Online - Signup |
1 bar of "boost" means a manifold pressure of TWO bar (one bar atmospheric, plus one bar of boost = 2 bar).
That line between the white and yellow, where the boost needle sits when the car is off is representative of ambient atmospheric pressure.
ANY throttled motor, turbocharged or not, will pull the needle to the left at idle or run-on, and move towards the right end of the white when you go to full throttle (it's called a vacuum gauge on a non-turbo, and goes from 30 to zero...). The difference is a turbocharged motor pushes more air into the inlet manifold and makes the needle move into the yellow.
The OP's problem is that the boost is leaking out someplace. Often the leak is small, and under vacuum, will "seal" itself, but under any kind of boost, opens and dumps the boost pressure.
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